Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225F, vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
2069
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
16112
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
119
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
139
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
931
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
1853
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
4472
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
31597
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Integer Mathn/a131.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a172.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a434 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a72.4 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a44.3 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a590.9 MB/s
Physicsn/a3237 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a464 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
2849
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
14726
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
n/a
File Compressionn/a1600 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a211.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a485.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a588 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a400 pages/s
Background Blurn/a95.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a170.8 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a39.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
213.75
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
432.15

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 226.6 PPW 171.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 486.1 PPW 429.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.3 PPW 14.8 PPW
Blender / W 3.29 PPW 3.46 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced December, 18, 2024 March, 12, 2026
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 225F 250K+
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 6 6
Frequency 3.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores412
Threads412
Frequency2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.4 GHz4.6 GHz
General
Cores count1018
Threads count1018
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x42x
L1 cache192 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache3000 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache20 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 17.8 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 121 W 159 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 105 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-7200
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 115.2 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 24
Tech - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director
- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit
n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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